where there is a way, there is a will

you see, the nature of things is such, that when one earnestly seeks (certain things) (s)he is sought for (by certain other things)

(if possible, kindly disregard the seemingly haphazard, if outrageous, punctuation, that i employ, for my inner linguist cannot tolerate the inherent ambiguity of english (my version, that is); until i have learned sanskrit, and derived a suitable lingo from it more pliable to my cerebral configuration, i shall use this “pseudo-english” if one may call it so)

I was skimming through the web, in search of a certain mysterious operating system, known as Inferno (a successor of the even more mysterious Plan 9), when I stumbled upon http://quotes.cat-v.org/ ...

... and I have to admit, this collection of quotes quite literally sent my mind into orbit; it’s still there; darn good view from up here ...

about the title of this post, it is not simply an attempt to try to sound profound (which it was to begin with), but it means this: if you find your life taking twists and turns and loops and branches (different forms of ‘way’s), it means there are a lot of different ‘will’s to thank — just a logical conclusion given the original quote.

i would like to share one nugget of insight by some great visionary ...

{disclaimer: [ i am a programmer. i love programming. but the following quote always has me roflmao ]}

“Theory is when you know something, but it doesn’t work. Practice is when something works, but you don’t know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don’t know why.”

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